Patrick Demers
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Patrick Demers is a film director from Montreal, born in 1969 in Ste-Eustache, Canada. He likes to work with actors to build his scripts, to add some improv while shooting his stories, and considers editing as being part of the cinematic writing process.
After a few years working as a director in tv and advertisement, he gets back to his old flame in 1999 with the short film Décharge, which won best canadian short at Toronto International Film Festival
. In 2003 he writes and directs Dans un spoutnik, an animation music video which won prizes in the ADISQ
Gala and at the MuchMusic Video Awards
that year. Then Regular or Super: Views on Mies van der Rohe, a documentary that he co-directed and edited, wins Best Canadian Work at the Festival International du Film sur l'Art en 2004.
Jaloux (aka Jealous or Suspicions) (2010) is his first feature film. The independent movie was produced by Productions Kinesis and was selected by the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
and by the Toronto International Film Festival
while also opening the Canadian Front at the Museum of Modern Art
in 2011.
Jaloux captured the media's attention in part because of the way it was created: shot with a 22 pages script with no dialogues, in 16 days of improv, and by seeing the editing phase as a writing process.
Biography
At 22 ans, fresh out of film school, he travels around the world alone over 6 months with a handheld camera for La Course Destination Monde (Radio-Canada Television) and starts shooting.After a few years working as a director in tv and advertisement, he gets back to his old flame in 1999 with the short film Décharge, which won best canadian short at Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues...
. In 2003 he writes and directs Dans un spoutnik, an animation music video which won prizes in the ADISQ
ADISQ
The ADISQ is a nonprofit organization with the mission to help the music industry in Quebec. It was created in 1978....
Gala and at the MuchMusic Video Awards
MuchMusic Video Awards
The MuchMusic Video Awards are annual awards presented by the Canadian music video channel MuchMusic to honour the year's best music videos....
that year. Then Regular or Super: Views on Mies van der Rohe, a documentary that he co-directed and edited, wins Best Canadian Work at the Festival International du Film sur l'Art en 2004.
Jaloux (aka Jealous or Suspicions) (2010) is his first feature film. The independent movie was produced by Productions Kinesis and was selected by the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary , Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival gained worldwide recognition over the past years and has become one of Europe's major film events....
and by the Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues...
while also opening the Canadian Front at the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
in 2011.
Shorts
- 1987 Ma dernière cigarette (video, 25 min)
- 1988 Le refus (Super 8mm, 4 min)
- 1989 Brand New Flambant Neuf (Super 8mm, 10 minutes)
- 1990 monsieurmadamechose (16mm, 7 min)
- 1991 Lamenta (16mm, 16 min)
- 1999 Décharge (35mm, 13 min)
- 2005 Le Collet (video, 22 min)
Feature Film
- 2010 Jaloux (4K>35mm, 96 min)
Jaloux captured the media's attention in part because of the way it was created: shot with a 22 pages script with no dialogues, in 16 days of improv, and by seeing the editing phase as a writing process.